From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C0B13EA55 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:55:28 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g9CEtSg20031 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:55:28 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g9CEtRf20027 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:55:27 -0400 Received: from mielke.cc (IDENT:root@CPE00608c86a77d.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.157.76.7]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g9CEZFX21175 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:35:15 -0400 Received: from dave.private.mielke.cc (root@dave.private.mielke.cc [192.168.0.2]) by mielke.cc (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9CEtMj16764 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:55:22 -0400 Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by dave.private.mielke.cc (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA26535 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:53:51 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: dave.private.mielke.cc: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:53:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Dave Mielke To: Subject: re: assistance required. can't open display message. (fwd) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: [quoted lines by mark muscat on October 12, 2002, at 17:06] >I am getting the following error message ocasionally when I am trying to >install package in particular the realplayer package. >error: can't open display. This error means that your DISPLAY environment variable isn't pointing to a usable X server. There are a few ways you can resolve this. You can use trplayer rather than realplay. It's a command-line version of the Real Player. You can install X and then point to it. Once X is running, you point to it by doing: export DISPLAY=:0 Note that, since you're not pointing to it from an X session, you must authorize such access with the command: xhost +localhost This authorization must be done either from within an X session (probably difficult) or from within an X session setup script, e.g. "/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0". You can set up a pretend X server, attach it to some other (not 0) X server number (I'll use 2), and point to it. You do this with the following commands: Xvfb :2 -ac -screen 2 800x600x32 -fn 7x14 export DISPLAY=:2 Note that no xhost authorization is required if you do it this way. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. http://familyradio.com